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Remedy That Hurts It Offers Comfort After Retiring Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PILLOW which was last seen in the Telegraph Cryptic crossword.
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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person

verb

• rest on or as if on a pillow

33%6 Stout little person retiring, retiring
adjective

• of or relating to or resembling flesh

adjective satellite

• usually describes a large person who is fat but has a large frame to carry it

29%8 Miscalculated move in a game that hurts the player
noun

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

verb

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

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Telegraph Cryptic20 May 2024 Down 17
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